Update: today at contra class at Pinewoods I tried Lakes and Rivers. Rivers is not a satisfying or clear word to say for me personally, and the dancers said it got lost over the sound system. They overwhelmingly prefer Larks and Robins.
Lisa Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 31, 2019, at 6:45 PM, Ric Goldman - Letsdance via Callers > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Given some local political correctness objections to Larks and Ravens (I’m > not good on the details, but apparently it’s something regarding relative > size of the birds and their symbology – larks associated with marriage and > fertility, ravens with loss and ill omen), some of us here in the Pacific > Northwest now playing with the terms Lakes and Rivers. At least it’s still > a Left and Right terminology with similar cadence. The search continues. > > Thanx, Ric > > From: Callers <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Lisa > Greenleaf via Callers > Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 1:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Callers] Larks and Robins > > At the urging of dancers who were recently at Harmony Week at Pinewoods, I > tried Larks and Robins today for role identifiers in contra, and it was > great. I physically like saying the word Robins more than the word Ravens, > and the dancers were fine with it, too, even with a dance that had a Mad > Robin. Callers—experiment! > > Lisa > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: [email protected] > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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